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"The Politics of Critical Theory" (12/03/21 panel)

On December 3rd, 2021, the New York City chapters of the Platypus Affiliated Society hosted a panel discussion on "The Politics of Critical Theory." Panelists: -Jay Bernstein (distinguished professor of philosophy at The New School) -Jonathon Catlin (PhD student in history at Princeton University) -Erin Hagood (Platypus Affiliated Society) Back in the autumn of 2010, the New Left Review published a translated conversation between the critical theorists Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer causing more than a few murmurs and gasps. In the course of their conversation, Adorno comments that he had always wanted to "develop a theory that remains faithful to Marx, Engels and Lenin, while keeping up with culture at its most advanced." Adorno, it seems, was a Leninist. As surprising as this evidence might have been to some, is it not more shocking that Adorno’s politics, and the politics of Critical Theory, have remained taboo for so long? Was it really necessary to wait until Adorno and Horkheimer admitted their politics in print to understand that their primary preoccupation was with maintaining Marxism’s relation to bourgeois critical philosophy (Kant and Hegel)? This panel proposes to state the question as directly as possible and to simply ask: How did the practice and theory of Marxism, from Marx to Lenin, make possible and necessary the politics of Critical Theory? __________________________ Curious to learn more about Platypus? E-mail coordinator@platypus1917.org to be connected with a chapter in your area. The Platypus Affiliated Society organizes reading groups, public fora, research, and journalism focused on problems and tasks inherited from the "Old" (1920s-30s), "New" (1960s-70s) and post-political (1980s-90s) Left, for the possibilities of emancipatory politics today. http://www.platypus1917.org​